Orchids & Onions

ORCHIDS to those making plans to celebrate Valentine's Day and to make loved ones feel loved on that day. It doesn't need to be just a Hallmark holiday, after all.

ONIONS to a pair of local teens, 17 and 16, who were taken into custody earlier this week for allegedly shooting out the windows of a vehicle in Two Rivers. Even though it allegedly involved a BB pistol, this is still very dangerous behavior that should be quelled, and soon.

ORCHIDS to Nick Schroeder and Austin Bown, football players at Manitowoc Lincoln High School who signed letters of intent to play for the universities of Western Illinois and Northern Colorado, respectively, earlier this week. Schroeder is a quarterback and Bown an offensive lineman, and we hope both have stellar college careers.

ONIONS to those who continue to ignore winter parking bans in the cities of Manitowoc and Two Rivers. Owners who keep their vehicles on the streets when snow plowing operations are in effect do so at their own peril, as snow will be piled up around the vehicle and police will issue tickets.

ORCHIDS to the new M.A.D. Adventure Club at Reedsville High School. The club combines community service and fun group adventures for students who are, according to organizer and social studies teacher Tim Aalsma, in danger of starting down the wrong path and making bad decisions. We hope the club continues to be successful, as it already sports more than 30 students.

ORCHIDS to the city of Manitowoc Parks and Recreation Committee, which is recommending that security lighting be added at Washington, Silver Creek and Lincoln parks. ONIONS to those perpetrating the repeated vandalism at the parks that makes the security enhancements necessary.

ONIONS to those responsible for infrastructure at the Superdome in New Orleans, where a 34-minute delay in Sunday's Super Bowl was caused by electrical problems that, according to memos from October, may have been prevented with some advance precautions. The game was far more exciting after the outage, however, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise. ORCHIDS to the Baltimore Ravens for hanging on and winning the game against the San Francisco 49ers.

ORCHIDS to Jimmy the Groundhog of Sun Prairie and Punxsutawney Phil, Jimmy's counterpart in Pennsylvania, for not seeing their own shadows. These rodents thus portend an early spring, which we can all use following a winter of storms and bitter cold temperatures. Let's hope they are right for once - or again?

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Orchids & Onions

ORCHIDS to those making plans to celebrate Valentine's Day and to make loved ones feel loved on that day. It doesn't need to be just a Hallmark holiday, after all.

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